Moses Ashbey's New SuitIn 1903 apparently it was really big news when an old guy bought a new suit after 40 years. This article appeared in newspapers from Boston to New Orleans. This document contains clips from a New Orleans paper and the Sunday New York Times 1903 equivalent of the Style Section.

Nicholas Collignon, wife Catherine DemarestStatus: Located; Nicholas and his brother, August, enlisted in the Union Army at the same time September 2, 1862 as a PVT Mustered out June 25, 1863 after serving in the same Co.D, 22 Rer't New Jersey Inf. Chronology of service: Sept/2/1862 Mustered in at Trenton NJ-Sept/29/1862 Left NJ. for defense of Washington D.C. -Dec/1862 Attached to Abercrombie's Provisional Brigade, Casey's Division-Jan/10/1863 Moved to Belle Plains-Jan/20-24/1863 "MUD MARCH"-April/29-5/2 1863 Operations at Pollock's Mill Creek-May/2-5/1863 "Battle of Chancellorsville"-June/25/1863 Mustered out at Trenton New Jersey

Pioneer Days in Franklin CountyOriginally appeared as Memories of Pioneer Days, by Elva Rawson Wentworth, Franklin Co. Sentinel, 1934. Contains remembrances in which Cyrus and Cornelius Tuers of Michigan are mentioned, along with their Bonner and Stevens cousins.

Samuel Rudlun's Civil War unit - 56th NY Infantry Mascot - Jack Status: Located; While marching through Broadway one of the members of Company A picked up a small spotted puppy, which had strayed into the street, and carried it along to Washington, named it Jack, and it remained with the regiment during its entire service, became a special favorite with every member, was in every skirmish and battle, was wounded in the hip at the battle of Fair Oaks, while sitting on the battle line howling, which was the only time he was touched by balls or shot, and survived all the vicissitudes of camp, bivouac and battle field and returned with the regiment and died of old age.

Samuel Young, husband of Henrietta BurnettSamuel Young married Henrietta Burnett in 1872. He committed suicide in 1881 leaving his wife a widow and children fatherless. Henrietta raised her family and taught school in Hillsboro, Illinois, living out the rest of her life as a widow from age 29 to her death at age 92 in 1944. Henrietta is the daughter of John Oliver Burnett and Cecilia Garrabrant Burnett, elder sister of Leah Ann Garrabrant married to Abraham Tuers. (Photo courtesy of Kim Law)

SS Asturias - Australian immigrant ship, circa 1949Joe Goodman, brother of Cindy's grandfather, together with his wife May, and sons Ben and John emigrated from England to Melbourne, Australia on this ship in March of 1949. Much more about this vessel can be found at http://www.ssasturias.net/gallery.html, including the passenger list showing the full names of Goodman family members.

More than one and a half million Britons left for Australia in the quarter century following the Second World War.††The Goodman family took advantage of the incentives to emigrate, and joined the largest migration from Europe in the modern era.
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The SS Asturias made 23 trips to Australia between 1946 and 1952, carrying more than 20,000 migrants.† Most of†them came under an assisted passage scheme through which adults travelled to Australia for just £10 whilst children travelled free*.† Many children were brought to Australia as 'orphans' to find new homes.†
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The trip from the UK to Australia when SS Asturias served as a 'migrant ship' took approximately 5-6 weeks. According to the "Instructions for the Voyage", passengers were allowed to take with them no more than £6 in UK currency, and up to £10 Sterling "in Australian or other currency notes .... making a combined total equal to £16 Sterling for use on board.... which may not be spent at ports abroad."
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The route from Southampton varied, with some voyages via the Suez Canal, Aden and Colombo and others via Karachi and Bombay to Fremantle, Western Australia.† †

St. John the Baptist ChurchStatus: Unmarked; Located in Strensham, Worcestershire, UK we believe this parish churchyard is the burial site of John G. Goodman and his wife Elizabeth. We visited the church in 1996, with Christopher Goodman who helped identify the gravesite.

Thomas GrangerThomas and his brother, William H. volunteered to fight in the Civil War, joining the 48th N.Y. on August 19,1862. Both served through the war. Thomas was wounded in the right leg late in the war, and was discharged from Mower Hospital July 7, 1865.† William H. was discharged on June 27, 1865 at Raleigh N.C.† In December of 1896 Thomas packed the three children off to in-laws, and checkedd himself into The National Home for Volunteer soldiers.† He lived in three different soldiers homes and finally passed away in Dayton, Ohio on January 23, 1916.† Thomas is buried in the Dayton National Cemetery in Dayton Ohio section 1 row 14 site 29.†

Thomas Stanley Granger Volunteer Enlistment and Recruit Statement, August 1862Thomas S. Granger must have looked young at the time, because they made him get his mothers signature to validate his age. Actually early in the war (1861) there was a huge problem with underage kids signing up. If the parents caught the unit before it left the local courts jurisdiction a writ of habeus corpus could be issued. This would tie up the regimental commander, the company commander, and the recruiting officers up in court. At this point in the war recruiters made sure the paper work was correct.

Source of record image: U.S. National Archives & Records Administration, Military Service Branch.

Tuers/Turse Civil War ServiceStatus: Located; Auto-download records of 19 Tuers/Turse men who served in the Civil War. Document is a work in progress, but includes all known records of service dates and deaths currently verifiable from available sources. (Links not established for names not yet in the database)

Turse Family Goes to Europe 1956Ellsworth, VP Walker Travel Agency, Ridgewood, NJ often traveled as part of tourist marketing by resorts and carriers. Here, Ellsworth, Inez and Jim embark on board Cunard Lines star tour ship, Queen Elizabeth,at New York in October 1956. The ship traveled to France and England. Among Jim's very few playmates on board were Yasmin Khan and Rebecca Welles, Rita Hayworth's daughters. Rita Hayworth and Rosalind Russell were also on board.

Vanderbeck House IIStatus: Located; In 1734 Jacob Vanderbeck purchased land from Cornelius Drake on boh sides of the Saddle River. On this tract, just north of Dunker Hook Road, Fair Lawn, NJ, Jacob built this house in 1754.

Walter Carneal grave siteStatus: Located; Grave site for Walter Carneal, just after being dug. It is directly behind the large stone, left of center, reading "Crowe". The grave itself is in the Madisonville Odd Fellows Cemetery in Madisonville, KY.